Evgenyi Romanov


Evgenyi Romanov is a Russian professional boxer. As an amateur, Romanov won gold at the Junior World Championship in 2004 and the Russian Championships 2009 in the heavyweight division.

Amateur career

At the world junior championships in 2004, Romanov stopped all his opponents with his vaunted power, including Robert Alfonso.
On a national level Romanov had the problem that Russian amateur boxing is so talent-laden.
At the Russian nationals 2005 he beat future Olympic gold medallist Rakhim Chakkhiev 36-17 in the semifinal but lost the final to world and European champion Aleksandr Alekseyev. In 2006 he lost the final to world silver medallist Roman Romanchuk, in 2007 he beat Sergey Kalchugin but exited early in the quarters against unknown Musalchi Magomedov.
At the Russian nationals 2008 he lost the final to future European and World Champion Egor Mekhontsev 5-19. In the absence of Mekhontsev he beat Kalchugin again to win his first Russian Senior Championship in 2009.
Romanov holds a win over Deontay Wilder at the amateur level via knockout in 2008.

Professional career

Romanov made his professional debut against Viktar Chvarkou on 30 July 2016, and won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. Romanov amassed an 11-0 record during the next two years, with eight of those victories coming by way of stoppage.
Romanov was scheduled to face Dillon Carman for the inaugural WBO Global heavyweight title on 22 February 2019, at the KRK “Uralets” in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The fight was set as a ten-round bout, for the first time in Romanov's career. He won the fight by a first-round knockout.
Romanov made his first WBO Global title defense against Ariel Bracamonte on 16 June 2019. Romanov beat the much bigger Bracamonte by unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him a 99-90 scorecard.
Romanov was scheduled to face Dario German Balmaceda in a non-title bout on 24 August 2019, at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. Romanov made his second and last WBO Global title defense against Siarhei Liakhovich on 7 November 2020. He won the fight by a second-round knockout.
It was announced on 5 April 2021, that Romanov would face Dmitry Kudryashov for the inaugural WBC Silver bridgerweight title, as well as the position of mandatory challenger. The fight was scheduled for 21 May 2021, and was contested at the Khimki Basketball Center in Khimki, Russia. He won the fight by a wide unanimous decision, with scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 119-109.
The WBC briderweight champion Óscar Rivas was officially ordered to make his first title defense against Romanov on 16 November 2021. The two camps came to an agreement, regarding the terms of the fight, on 15 February 2022. The bout was expected to take place in June 2022.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
21Loss19–2Georgiy YunovidovRTD5, 3:005 Jul 2025DIVS, Yekaterinburg, RussiaFor vacant WBA interim bridgerweight title
20Loss19–1Zhaoxin ZhangKO2, 2:2410 Feb 2024KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, Russia
19Win19–0Wilmer VasquezUD108 Sep 2023Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
18Win18–0Chris ThompsonUD87 Mar 2023DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
17Win17–0Vikapita MeroroRTD7, 3:0019 Aug 2022Luzales Arena, Syktyvkar, Russia
16Win16–0Dmitry KudryashovUD1221 May 2021Basketball Center, Khimki, RussiaWon inaugural WBC Silver bridgerweight title
15Win15–0Siarhei LiakhovichKO2, 1:487 Nov 2020RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, RussiaRetained WBO Global heavyweight title
14Win14–0Dario German BalmacedaTKO1, 2:3324 Aug 2019Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
13Win13–0Ariel BracamonteUD1216 Jun 2019KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, RussiaRetained WBO Global heavyweight title
12Win12–0Dillon CarmanKO1, 1:5322 Feb 2019KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, RussiaWon inaugural WBO Global heavyweight title
11Win11–0Gabriel EnguemaTKO6, 1:138 Dec 2018RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia
10Win10–0Marcelo NascimentoKO6, 2:0814 Jul 2018RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia
9Win9–0Denis BakhtovTKO1, 2:1522 Apr 2018DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
8Win8–0German SkobenkoTKO7, 0:4910 Feb 2018DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
7Win7–0Tornike PuritchamiashviliUD615 Dec 2017DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
6Win6–0Oleksandr Nesterenko2, 2:1518 Nov 2017Event-Hall, Solnechnyy, Russia
5Win5–0Murodbek AzimovUD67 Sep 2017Kristall Ice Palace, Saratov, Russia
4Win4–0Gogita GorgiladzeTKO2, 1:4527 May 2017Event-Hall, Solnechnyy, Russia
3Win3–0Yury Bykhautsou65 Feb 2017Expocentre, Volgograd, Russia
2Win2–0Vladimir GoncharovTKO1, 2:0125 Nov 2016Korston Club, Moscow, Russia
1Win1–0Viktar Chvarkou3, 2:3830 Jul 2016Galaktika Centre, Estosadok, Russia